ASRock Doubling Down on NFTs with Z690 PG Riptide NFT Edition

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ASRock dipped its feet into the NFT craze with its Phantom Gaming EVO NFTs earlier this year, but the company isn’t stopping there, as the manufacturer has launched a new promotion that seems to promise participants the ability to join the design process of something it’s calling the “Z690 PG Riptide NFT Edition motherboard.”



“Draw your inner longing on the painting areas, which are divided into 4309 pixels,’ and the color of each ‘pixel’ will be determined by majority vote,” writes ASRock. “Once a new design is done, 5 designs from you and others will be drawn randomly, and if at least 3 designs are identical in the same pixel, the pixel turns to that color.”



Say what? Some publications seem to think that ASRock’s gibberish...

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[Brian_B]

No.

 

[Uvilla]

Crypto, NFT, and Metaverse baby!
Who needs food, when you can have food NFTs purchased with crypto coins mined in the Metaverse.

 

[Grimlakin]

Wow ASUS how far you've fallen.

 

[Brian_B]

Wow ASUS how far you've fallen.

ASrock is a different company. It spun off completely from Asus in '02. It's owned by Pegatron (which also was an Asus spin-off itself) - which does mostly OEM work.

 

[Grimlakin]

ASrock is a different company. It spun off completely from Asus in '02. It's owned by Pegatron (which also was an Asus spin-off itself) - which does mostly OEM work.

Wow it's a shame their spinoff is making them look bad.

 

[Shotglass01]

Great! I'll double down on not buying their products.

 

[THUMPer]

I'm so confused.

 

[Dan_D]

ASrock is a different company. It spun off completely from Asus in '02. It's owned by Pegatron (which also was an Asus spin-off itself) - which does mostly OEM work.

ASUS divested itself of controlling shares of Pegatron and while it still owns some shares I believe, it has no control over the company anymore. For whatever reason, ASUS split into two entities. ASUS and Pegatron. ASRock is a subsidiary of Pegatron and is effectively the retail DIY/brand of Pegatron. Pegatron does mostly QDM work while ASRock is the DIY market brand.

As for the NFT stuff, I'm fairly confused myself.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

ASUS divested itself of controlling shares of Pegatron and while it still owns some shares I believe, it has no control over the company anymore. For whatever reason, ASUS split into two entities. ASUS and Pegatron. ASRock is a subsidiary of Pegatron and is effectively the retail DIY/brand of Pegatron. Pegatron does mostly QDM work while ASRock is the DIY market brand.

As for the NFT stuff, I'm fairly confused myself.

Thanks for the clarification. For some time I've been wondering about the current connection between ASUS and ASRock.

 

[Dan_D]

Thanks for the clarification. For some time I've been wondering about the current connection between ASUS and ASRock.

It's a complicated mess and many people assume the two brands are connected. At one time that was true, but now it really isn't.

 

[SeymourGore]

Not buying anything until the FPSr verdict comes in.

 

[Dan_D]

Not buying anything until the FPSr verdict comes in.

We've been sampled by ASRock before, so it could happen.

 

[Tempest]

I'm so confused.

I'm concerned about anyone who is not confused.

 

[DrezKill]

It's a complicated mess and many people assume the two brands are connected. At one time that was true, but now it really isn't.

I never ever even knew the brands used to be connected. @ss-rock seemed to come outta nowhere to me years ago, and I never much cared for them. Thanks a ton for the clarifying info.